(Jack, Mama, and Jilley ready to explore)
Every summer a friend and "Super Mommy,"
from my ward, invites everyone she knows to
play weekly. She plans the activities and hands out
a calendar. This labor of love has affectionately been dubbed
"Boredom Busters." Last week, with the help of
Nana and Mack weheaded to Newport's
Little Corona Tide Pools.
(1st photo-kelp 2nd photo-tightly closed sea anemones)
This was my first major activity without Kent. You
all will be proud to know that we made it to the beach
on time! In fact, we were the first family there
(sounds impressive, but this was a large Mormon activity).
(1st photo- a crab hiding in the shells 2nd photo- hermit crab)
Jack had a blast! We saw hermit crabs,
sea anemones, shells, rocks, kelp, and kids.
When we first started exploring Jackwas very tentative.
He didn't want to get his feet wet, he didn't
want to touch anything, and he didn't want any help!
But with time and a little coaxing he took off his shoes,
waded into the pools, and eventually was seen
blowing bubbles in said tide pools.
(Blowing bubbles!)
As we watched hermit crabs walk and sea anemones
hunt for food, my teacher instincts kicked in.
I couldn't help but regurgitate every fact
I knew about each creature (it's a sickness).
I'm sure Jack won't remember what anemones eat, but
he will remember how they closed their tentacles around
his little finger and that's still learning .
While we were at the tide pools
I learned a little something too.
Does this picture look familiar to you?
(1st photo from the cliffs, before the fog blew off 2nd photo b-e-a-utiful!)
It might if you have ever been to an Endowment Session at the
Newport Temple. The artist who painted the
murals for those rooms
used this scene for the Terrestrial Room.
We had a great time and definitely want to go back with Dada, so
we can show him all the tide pools have to offer.
(Learning is fun.)
(Thanks Super Mommy we had a blast! And thanks
Nana and Aunt Mack, without you we wouldn't
have had nearly as much fun!)
Every summer a friend and "Super Mommy,"
from my ward, invites everyone she knows to
play weekly. She plans the activities and hands out
a calendar. This labor of love has affectionately been dubbed
"Boredom Busters." Last week, with the help of
Nana and Mack weheaded to Newport's
Little Corona Tide Pools.
(1st photo-kelp 2nd photo-tightly closed sea anemones)
This was my first major activity without Kent. You
all will be proud to know that we made it to the beach
on time! In fact, we were the first family there
(sounds impressive, but this was a large Mormon activity).
(1st photo- a crab hiding in the shells 2nd photo- hermit crab)
Jack had a blast! We saw hermit crabs,
sea anemones, shells, rocks, kelp, and kids.
When we first started exploring Jackwas very tentative.
He didn't want to get his feet wet, he didn't
want to touch anything, and he didn't want any help!
But with time and a little coaxing he took off his shoes,
waded into the pools, and eventually was seen
blowing bubbles in said tide pools.
(Blowing bubbles!)
As we watched hermit crabs walk and sea anemones
hunt for food, my teacher instincts kicked in.
I couldn't help but regurgitate every fact
I knew about each creature (it's a sickness).
I'm sure Jack won't remember what anemones eat, but
he will remember how they closed their tentacles around
his little finger and that's still learning .
While we were at the tide pools
I learned a little something too.
Does this picture look familiar to you?
(1st photo from the cliffs, before the fog blew off 2nd photo b-e-a-utiful!)
It might if you have ever been to an Endowment Session at the
Newport Temple. The artist who painted the
murals for those rooms
used this scene for the Terrestrial Room.
We had a great time and definitely want to go back with Dada, so
we can show him all the tide pools have to offer.
(Learning is fun.)
(Thanks Super Mommy we had a blast! And thanks
Nana and Aunt Mack, without you we wouldn't
have had nearly as much fun!)
4 comments:
Looks like lots of fun. I miss having the beach close by...sigh. It is one of the places we always visit when we go to Ventura!
What a fun outing. Aren't those front packs great?!
I must say that Jack is really an adorable little boy. He seems so curious. We went to the tide pools in Carp and Joseph was so scared to step on the rocks because of all the animals he thought he was going to squish them In which he was but I told him they are used to it people step on them all the time. Let me know when you come down again it would be nice to get together with Kelly and whoever else.
It sounds like so much fun. Good job being on time.
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